Runner for go-carts.



No. 895,311o.

v Y 'PATENTED AUG,4,51908.- J. B. SIMMONS. -z

RUNNER POR Go-GARTS.

AELIGATION FILED HOY. 5, 1907 @www 5 Cambria and State of Pennsylvania,

UNTTED sTATEs JACOB B. SIMMONS, OF JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

RUNNER FOR GO-CARTS.

i No, 895,310.

n Application filed November 5, 1907. Serial No. $00,872.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JACOB B. Surnom, a citizen of the United States of America., residing at Johnstown, inv the count f of liave invented certain new and useful Iinprovenieiits in Runners for Gro-Carts, of which the following is such 'a full, clear, and exact description as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention is a runner attachment for childrens go-carts, the object of the iiivention being to provide runners which inay be readily attached to the cart without destroying or disarranging the running-gear, which will permit the cart to be quickly and easily folded without, manipulation of the runners andA which will be siniple and inexpensive in construction.

'ith these objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings as will be hereinafter first fully dej scribed and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a go-cart fitted with niy iinproved runners, the folded position of t-lie cart being goindicated by dotted lines. Fig. Z is a sectional view through the front axle, Fig. 3 is a siniilar view taken through the rear axle and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a sii-ing hook which is an element of the t evice.

'The runners are preferably formed of metal tubing and have the ground portions or treads, 1, with the forwardly and upwardly turned front ends, 2, and the upl io standing rear ends,3. The extremities of the rear portions of the runners are carried for- \ward a short distance, as shown at 4, and are provided :it their tips with transverse sleeves or hearings, 5, adapted to receive the ends of the rear axle and having annular flanges,

6, at their inner ends. Extending rearward from the front tips of the runners, are the. bars or rods, 7, vwhich forni ways or supports `for sleeves or bearings, S, which carry the 5o ends or the front axle.

To prevent collapse of the ways 7, the rear ends of the saine are connected with the treads of the runners by braces, 9, as will be readily understood.

The sleeves or bearings S are )rovided at their outer ends with eyes, at rig it. angles to their .niain portions, which engage theways PATENT oEEioEL,`

Specification of Letters Patent. l'

Patented Aug. 4,1908. t

7and are free to slide thereon, the extent of the sliding niovenient being determined by the braces 9 at the rear and by the stops, 10, at the front. collars fitting around the ways-or sup iorts 7 and secured at the proper point y set screws, 11, as will be readily understood. By having the front stops adjustable, they may be adjusted to the point necessary to permit the cart to be fully extended when it is to be used a single pair of runners being thus adapted for use on a variety of carts.

Set screws, 12, are inounted in thel sleevesS to bear upon the ends of the front axle and secure thein in the sleeves so securely as to prevent the runners spreading apart at their front ends while in use. The rear axle is provided with spring hooks, 13, arranged to engage the flanges 6 of the sleeves 5 and 75 thereby prevent spreading of the runners at their rear ends. In t-lie construction illustrated, the hooks are in the forni of plates resting against a side of the axle and having their outer ends bent into a U-sliaped tion to pass over the flanges with notc ies, 14, in their end edges to fit around the sleeve. Oii the side edges of the plates are lips, 15, which bear against the sides of the axle to prevent lateral nioveinent of the 55 pla-tes and the lates are carried by pins, 16, which extend t irough the axle. Springs, 17, coiled around the pins between the axle and the heads of the pins, serve to normally hold the plates against the axle as will be readily understood the plates themselves being unsecured.

Froni the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

it will be seen that l have provided a runner attachment which may be readily attached to and det-ached froin a go-cart without defacing the cart in any way. After removing the wheels of the cart, the axles are fit-ted in the rear and front sleeves and the cart niay then be utilized upon snow just as readily as it is used ordinarily when wheeled. When in use, the front axle will carry the sleeves to which it is fitted against the stops and a push applied to the handle of the cart will then cause it to slide forward. lVhen it is desiied to fold the cart it is necessary oiil to swing the seat upward toward the hand e in the usual manner which will cause the front axle to inove rearward, this action taking 11o place just as though the ordinary wheels These stops 10 are rings or were in use inasmuch as the sleeves S are not I' j j fastened to the runners but aresimplv mounted loosely thereon. To detach the runners 1" rom the cart, itis necessary only to loosen the set. screws in the front sleeves and disengage the spring hooks fron*L the rear sleeves after which the runnersl may be slip )ed laterally from the axles.

Tlhe device is extremely simple in its construct-ion and may be applied to any foldinggo-cart. The parts may be packed in a very small space for transportation and will occupy very little room when not in use. The spring hooks on the rear axle can be easily fitted thereto by any mechanic'or a rear axle may be supplied with each pair of runners to be substituted for the rear axle of the cart. The front axle of the cart ordinarily being shorter than the rear axle, the arrangement of sleeves shown and described compensates for that ine uality Without destroying the desired parallelism of the runners.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by LettersfPatent is 1. A air of runners for go-carts having a pair of hxed transverse sleeves at their rear ends to receive the rear axle of the cart and having Ways in their front portions, and free slidable sleeves mounted loosely on the said ways and arranged to receive the front axle.

2. A pair of runners for go-earts having fixed sleeves at their rear ends to receive the rear axle, slidable sleeves loosely mounted on the front portions ofthe runners, and stops in the path of said sleeves between which they may move freely.

3. A pair of runners for go-carts having transverse sleeves to receive the rear axle, ways in the front portions cf the runners, sleeves slidably mounted on the said Ways and arranged to receive the front axle, and adjustable stops on the ways to limit the for ward movement of the said sleeves.

4. A runner attachment for goparts having a fixed hearing for one axle and freely slidable unsecured bearings for the other axle whereby the go-cart may be folded Without manipulating the runners or vthe parts adjacent thereto.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this gli specication in. the presence of two subscrib.

Ing Witnesses.

. JACOB B. snnioxs. l Witnesses: A

CHARLES W. WITT, WILLIAM A. R. Sinus. 

